Olympic News
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1996 Olympic silver medalist and Greek high jumper Niki Bakogianni chatted with me about her latest endeavors, and her silver medal win for Greece.
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2016 Olympic gold medalist and wrestling champion Helen Maroulis chatted with me about her historic win at Rio de Janeiro, and she offered advice for wrestling hopefuls.
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2016 Olympic gold medalist Katerina Stefanidi has another major reason to celebrate. She has been honored by European Athletics.
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Rio De Janeiro -
Maryland native Helen Maroulis is the first American woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport of wrestling.
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Rio De Janeiro -
The 2016 Olympic Games at Rio de Janeiro have come to a close, and Greek athletes have earned three medals for their motherland, Greece.
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American diver David Boudia, who was the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in diving, won two medals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Katerina Stefanidi has a major reason to celebrate. She is the new queen of pole vault, winning the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
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Eleftherios Petrounias is Greece's golden child, and the newest "Lord of the Rings." He won the gold medal in still rings at the Olympic Games.
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21-year-old Singaporean swimmer Joseph Schooling made history at the 2016 Olympic Games that were held in Rio de Janeiro.
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Greek shooter Anna Korakaki has won two Olympic medals for Greece at the 2016 Olympic Games that were held in Rio de Janeiro.
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Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton chatted with Digital Journal about her "Dear Future Me" campaign, where she has partnered with Nature's Bounty.
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By AFP
Nairobi -
Kenyan officials on Friday scrambled to work out what had gone wrong as the country faces a possible Olympics ban after being ruled non-compliant by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz should not be messed with. He has just earned his black belt in Jiu-Jitsu, and chatted with Digital Journal about this achievement.
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Olympic gold medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley chatted with Digital Journal about being CEO of Laureus Sport for Good Foundation USA.
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Olympic gold medalist Mark Schultz stars in ESPN Films' "The Prince of Pennsylvania" documentary, and it is a compelling account.
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Mark Schultz' "Foxcatcher: The True Story of My Brother's Murder, John du Pont's Madness, and the Quest for Olympic Gold" was, in my opinion, the best book by an athlete in 2014.
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19 years ago, on January 26, 1996, Olympic gold medalist Dave Schultz passed away tragically. He was killed by millionaire John du Pont.
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Mark Schultz is a world champion in wrestling. He and his older brother, Dave, had won the gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games.
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Valerie Kasanita Adams, a shot putter from New Zealand, a four-time World champion, three time World Indoor champion and two-time Olympic and Commonwealth champion, thanked her chiropractor In a tweet for her 51st straight win.
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Basketball player and television analyst Rebecca Lobo once said, "Winning an Olympic gold medal is like nothing else." This quotation holds true for 2012 Olympic gold medalist David Boudia.
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The Olympic torch has certainly made the rounds in its time, but now it's heading for a different location. A team of Russian cosmonauts plan to take the torch for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games into orbit, aboard the ISS.
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Doha -
In this amazing video, South Africa's "Bladerunner", Oscar Pistorius took on a new challenge on Wednesday, and it was the horse that came away with a long face.
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London -
German diver Stephan Feck finished last in the preliminary round of the men's three-meter springboard diving contest at the London Olympics. Although, he came last and was eliminated from the competition, his performance earned him fame.
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Sydney -
Jewish leaders observe a minute’s silence at 11am to remember the eleven Israeli athletes and coaches killed in Munich on 5 September 1972.
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Gravesend -
A 17-year-old Muslim fanatic tries to grab the Olympic torch as it is carried along the A226, Rochester Road in Gravesend, Kent by Anna Skora from Lublin, Poland.
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Ralph Lauren announced Friday that the uniforms it will make for the U.S. Olympic team's use at the opening and closing ceremonies of the the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia will be made in the USA.
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Crippled by a staggering legal judgment, a California town and resort area, a popular training destination for Olympic athletes, faces bankruptcy throwing the town's future into question.
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Verona -
Hickstead, the horse Eric Lamaze rode to win individual and team medals at the 2008 Olympics, collapsed and died as he was leaving the ring during a World Cup event in Italy.
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An elite American Olympic athlete was detained by a flight crew during a cross-country flight after allegedly urinating on a young child.
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Saint Petersburg -
Katya, the bear who performed at the Moscow Olympics in 1980, has spent the last two years living in a cage in a rusty bus on the outskirts of St Petersburg.
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Olympic Image
Helen Maroulis Tony Rotundo, used with permission.
Helen Maroulis Tony Rotundo, used with permission.
Joseph Schooling Joseph Schooling's Facebook page
The Berlin's Olympic Stadium
The flags of the competing nations are paraded through the stadium during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium. London 2012
The Berlin's Olympic Stadium
The Berlin's Olympic Stadium
Helen Maroulis Tony Rotundo, used with permission.
File photo: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir File photo: Caroline Paré
Helen Maroulis Tony Rotundo, used with permission.
human performance continuum
Helen Maroulis Tony Rotundo, used with permission.
Two pairs of the nearly three million pairs of mittens distributed by The Hudson Bay Company. Christine Rondeau
The Berlin's Olympic Stadium
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